A Jewish man was beaten with a stick and pepper sprayed just before shabbos in what is being characterized as a Hate crime. The perpetrator was arrested by the NYPD, with the help of Crown heights Shomrim.

A car was stolen in Crown Heights Monday afternoon, and the Police have put out a search for the car, reported to have a 1 year old on board. The public has been asked to look for a White Mitsubishi, with plate number HYB6531.

A car was stolen in Crown Heights Sunday night, in what has become a rash of car thefts in the area. In late July, two minivans were stolen in Crown Heights over the same Shabbos, and a known car break in artist caught in the act by Shomrim.

An early morning Kingston Ave car jacking in Crown Heights left a car totaled and another damaged. The car jacker fled the scene on foot, after dragging the owner nearly a block. The owner of the vehicle was taken to the Hospital for his injuries.

A group of nine cars were vandalized and had their windows broken in a vandalism spree that in Crown Heights that has spanned a week. It is unknown if items were stolen during the break ins, or if the man behind it had a different motivation in mind.

Crown Heights Shomrim has put out an alert to the community for a man wanted by the police in Crown Heights. The man had allegedly been attempting to pass fake bills to a local establishment, before getting violent and smashing a computer screen with a chair. If you have any information on this person, please call 911 and Shomrim at 718-774-3333.

A man was arrested Friday afternoon after touching a Jewish woman inappropriately on Kingston Ave. The man was arrested after Shomrim, alerted to the unwanted touching, followed the man into a building, and directed the Police right to him.

A man was rushed to the hospital Monday, after being shot, and getting into accident while being driven to a hospital in Crown Heights. The shooting occurred near Union St and Utica Ave, and the man was driven to Brooklyn Ave and Midwood St before they got into an accident involving another car.

A 37-year-old man was hospitalized early Friday morning after being shot while driving in his car in Brooklyn. Police say the man was shot in the chest, and while trying to drive away, overturned his car.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill hold a media availability on crime statistics at One Police Plaza on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Compared to this point in 2018, shootings this year in Crown Heights are up 71% (seven last year and 12 this year) and homicides have increased by 600% in the 77th Precinct (seven this year compared to one last year), according to NYPD statistics.